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The Young Augustines Knowledge of Manichaeism:

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The Young Augustines Knowledge of Manichaeism:

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An Analysis of the Confessiones and Some Other Relevant Texts

Johannes van Oort

Leiden

Brill

Mainly on the basis of an analysis of the relevant passages in the Confessiones, this article argues: 1. that already the young Augustine, during his years as a Manichaean Hearer, acquired a thorough knowledge of Manichaeism; 2. that he obtained this thorough knowledge by his own reading and studying of Mani's and other Manichaean works. Moreover, it is argued that, in all likelihood, Augustine's Confessiones testify to the existence in the Latin West of Mani's so-called Image, the painted picture book illustrating his Gnostic doctrine. Mainly on the basis of an analysis of the relevant passages in the Confessiones, this article argues: 1. that already the young Augustine, during his years as a Manichaean Hearer, acquired a thorough knowledge of Manichaeism; 2. that he obtained this thorough knowledge by his own reading and studying of Mani's and other Manichaean works. Moreover, it is argued that, in all likelihood, Augustine's Confessiones testify to the existence in the Latin West of Mani's so-called Image, the painted picture book illustrating his Gnostic doctrine.

2008

441-466

Vigiliae Christianae

62/5

1570-0720

AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

CONFESSIONES

GNOSTICISM

MANICHAEAN WRITINGS

MANICHAEISM

ROMAN AFRICA

Johannes van Oort

10.1163/157007208X316910

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